21.   Authors like Stephen King see electronic books as a way to sell books directly to consumers, freeing them from dependence on publishers.

22.   Berry, however, says that Multnomah had no objection to her selling the book on her site until they learned that her site affirmed gay Christians.

23.   Books must be sold at a price well above the actual cost of producing one more copy.

24.   BOOK NEWS -- As the publishing world discovered when Princess Diana was killed, nothing sells books like the tragic death of a much-loved celebrity.

25.   Both companies sell books at your local shopping mall, through Waldenbooks and B. Dalton, respectively.

26.   A once-genteel profession, publishing and selling books is now as rowdy a business as wildcatting for oil.

27.   After selling the book, he traveled to New York to thank his editor and his agent, but his first thought was of his wife.

28.   After more than two decades selling religious books, he sought ideas for an enlarged store by visiting various retailers nationally.

29.   Alsaleh, who also sold books before shifting to the cigarette-vending business, smiled bitterly as he said that the wrong people were doing the buying.

30.   All the writers on the panel were candid about liking the considerable money they have earned by selling their books to Hollywood.